There are just three events left of the 2016 European Tour season and they make up the Race to Dubai Final Series. This week, many of the circuit’s top players have travelled to Turkey to compete in the Turkish Airlines Open at the Carya Golf & Spa Resort, but a number of others have decided to give the tournament a miss.

Henrik Stenson has moved ahead of Danny Willett on the Race to Dubai standings but the Englishman will have a chance to reclaim the top spot as the Swedish star will not start at Carya. In fact, of the top-10 on the Race to Dubai standings, only Willett, Tyrrell Hatton and Lee Westwood will play in the Turkish Airlines Open. With a prize fund of over €6 milllion, there’s a great opportunity for players to make a leap up the standings.

Bernd Wiesberger could move into the top-10 with a good result here, so too could Andy Sullivan, Soren Kjeldsen and Scott Hend. Those top-10 will be in line to share the Race to Dubai bonus pool at the end of the season and that will be a significant driving force for those entered this week.

Designed by Thomson, Perrett & Lobb, the heathland inspired course at Carya presents an aesthetically pleasing and immaculately presented test of golf. The course features heathers and detailed bunkering to give that heathland feel.

The weather forecast for the week looks set fair with sunny conditions prevailing.

Tyrrell Hatton – He’s playing some great stuff at the moment. He won the Alfred Dunhill Links and has followed with good results in the British Masters and WGC-HSBC Champions. He’ll be looking to push on and challenge for Race to Dubai bonus pool returns. A victory here would keep him right in the hunt for the big prizes.

Tyrrell Hatton swing sequence:

Matthew Southgate – The Englishman has been on solid form. He was tied 7th in the European Open and then posted top-20s in both the British Masters and the Portugal Masters. He’s just won the European Father & Son Golf Championship with his dad, so he should be feeling in a good place with his game right now.

Nacho Elvira – A player with a great amount of ability who looks like a potential winner, he’s had a second and a third this year and was ninth in the Portugal Masters.

Key Hole: 15th. A great risk/reward par-5 that should be reachable for most of the players in the field. But with water short and left of the green, an inaccurate approach could end up wet. This one should produce eagles and the odd disaster too.

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